Active Living Research

Policy and Practice-Relevant Youth Physical Activity Research Center Agenda

“…Similar processes have been recommended for the PA field, and specific efforts to engage nonresearchers throughout the research cycle were implemented in the Active Living Research program. 50,51 Our observations of the PARC process described in this paper suggest that the research priorities reported in Table 2 can be very different when nonresearchers are involved. Thus, we believe that the present research agenda is a substantive contribution to efforts to promote evidence-based approaches to increase youth PA equitably.…”

Neighborhood Commute to Work Times and Self-Reported Caregiver Health Behaviors and Food Access

“…24 For healthcare providers, understanding associations between the neighborhood environment and health behaviors may allow for environmentally-tailored counseling and interventions. 25 Due to its association with obesity in adults as well as potential associations with caregiver health behaviors, commute times in particular may be an important factor to consider when providing diet and lifestyle counseling.…”

“…Describing associations between aspects of the built environment such as neighborhood CTW times and health factors provides data to support advocacy to improve the built environment to facilitate healthy behaviors. 24 For healthcare providers, understanding associations between the neighborhood environment and health behaviors may allow for environmentally-tailored counseling and interventions. 25 Due to its association with obesity in adults as well as potential associations with caregiver health behaviors, commute times in particular may be an important factor to consider when providing diet and lifestyle counseling.…”

Therapeutic landscapes: an evidence-based approach to designing healing gardens and restorative outdoor spaces

“…This is an increasingly common feature of research and literature on the links between health and the built environment (see Sallis et al 2014). The final four chapters address some of the issues regularly faced by professionals seeking to implement healthy built environment initiatives, including presenting a business case, linking the provision of therapeutic landscapes to sustainability and ways to maintain and evaluate interventions.…”